Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing: concepts of care in evidence-based practice

Mental health and mental illness

Concepts of personality development

Biological implications

Ethical and legal issues

Cultural and spiritual concepts relevant to psychiatric/mental health nursing

Relationship development and therapeutic communication

The nursing process in psychiatric/mental health nursing

Milieu therapy : the therapeutic community

Intervention in groups

Intervening in crises

Psychopharmacology

Complementary and psychosocial therapies

Delirium, dementia, and amnestic disorders

Substance-related disorders

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

Mood disorders

Anxiety disorders

Anxiety-related disorders

Disorders of human sexuality

Eating disorders

Personality disorders

Children and adolescents

Victims of abuse or neglect

The aging individual

Community mental health nursing

The bereaved individual

Appendix A : DSM-IV-TR classification : Axes I and II categories and codes

Appendix B : NANDA nursing diagnoses : taxonomy II domains, classes, and diagnoses

Appendix C : assigning nursing diagnoses to client behaviors

Appendix D : mental status assessment.

CD-ROM contains: Electronic test bank

Student workbook

Links to online resources: Animated drug pathways for the neurobiological brain images ; Care plans ; Concept map care plan template ; Sample client teaching guide ; Interactive learning activities ; Meet the author.